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Guatemalan Deportee and Wife Found Dead, Infant Survives Beside Them · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: A shocking tragedy has unfolded in Guatemala, where a man
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  Speaker 1: recently deported from the United States and his wife were
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  Speaker 1: found executed in a sugar cane field, with their infant
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  Speaker 1: daughter discovered alive beside them. The case has drawn international attention,
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  Speaker 1: highlighting the dangers faced by deportees returning to violence stricken communities.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities identified the victims as Nixon Giovanni Perez pause forty
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  Speaker 1: three and his wife, Glendye Marisol Gonzalez, twenty five. Their
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  Speaker 1: bodies were discovered on July twenty eighth in Reddelhulieu, a
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  Speaker 1: southwestern province about one hundred eighty kilometers from Guatemala City.
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  Speaker 1: Both had their hands and feet bound, were gagged, and
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  Speaker 1: showed signs of physical trauma before being shot. Farm Workers
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  Speaker 1: found the couple alongside their fourteen month old daughter, who
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  Speaker 1: was crying and dehydrated but alive. She was rushed to
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  Speaker 1: a hospital where doctors can affirmed she was stable. The
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  Speaker 1: survival of the child amid such brutality has shocked Guatemalan
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  Speaker 1: society and underscored the human toll of migration policies. Perez
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  Speaker 1: had lived in Missouri for years, working roofing jobs before
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  Speaker 1: being detained by US Immigration and Customs enforcement in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty five and deported. Gonzales self deported weeks later to
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  Speaker 1: reunite with him. On July twentieth, the couple left home
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  Speaker 1: to register a motorcycle and never returned. Their disappearance ended
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  Speaker 1: in tragedy when their bodies were discovered eight days later.
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  Speaker 1: Investigators recovered shell casings and personal items at the scene.
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  Speaker 1: Guatemala's National Civil Police and prosecutors are pursuing leads, but
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  Speaker 1: no suspects have been named. The motive remains unclear, though
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  Speaker 1: authorities have not ruled out gang involvement or targeted violence.
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  Speaker 1: The killings leave three daughters orphaned, now under the care
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  Speaker 1: of extended family. Community leaders have called for justice. While
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  Speaker 1: immigrant rights groups in the US have organized vigils in Missouri,
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  Speaker 1: where Perez and Gonzalez had ties to worker networks, the
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  Speaker 1: broader context is dark. Nearly thirty two thousand Guatemalans were
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  Speaker 1: deported in the first half of twenty twenty six, more
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  Speaker 1: than ninety percent from the United States. Advocates warned that
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  Speaker 1: deportees often face stigma, poverty, and exposure to criminal networks
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  Speaker 1: upon return. Making them vulnerable to violence. Internationally, the case
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  Speaker 1: has reignited debate over US deportation policies. Critics argue that
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  Speaker 1: sending migrants back to unstable environments without adequate support increases
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  Speaker 1: risks of tragedy. Supporters counter that immigration laws must be
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  Speaker 1: enforced even when outcomes are difficult. For Guatemala, the murders
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  Speaker 1: underscore the intersection of migration, in security, and poverty. The
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  Speaker 1: survival of the infant offers a glimmer of hope, but
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  Speaker 1: the deaths of her parents serve as a devastating reminder
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  Speaker 1: of the human cost behind deportation statistics